MIAMI (AP) — Miami police
announced Monday they will stage random shows of force at hotels, banks
and other public places to keep terrorists guessing and remind people to
be vigilant.

Deputy Police Chief Frank Fernandez said officers might,
for example, surround a bank building, check the IDs of everyone going in
and out and hand out leaflets about terror threats.

"This is an in-your-face type of strategy. It's
letting the terrorists know we are out there," Fernandez said.

The operations will keep terrorists off guard, Fernandez
said. He said al-Qaida and other terrorist groups plot attacks by putting
places under surveillance and watching for flaws and patterns in security.

Police Chief John Timoney said there was no specific,
credible threat of an imminent terror attack in Miami. But he said the city
has repeatedly been mentioned in intelligence reports as a potential target.

Timoney also noted that 14 of the 19 hijackers who
took part in the Sept. 11 attacks lived in South Florida at various times
and that other alleged terror cells have operated in the area.

Both uniformed and plainclothes police will ride buses
and trains, while others will conduct longer-term surveillance operations.

"People are definitely going to notice it,"
Fernandez said. "We want that shock. We want that awe. But at the same
time, we don't want people to feel their rights are being threatened. We
need them to be our eyes and ears."

Mary Ann Viverette, president of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police, said the Miami program is similar to those
used for years during the holiday season to deter criminals at busy places
such as shopping malls.

"You want to make your presence known and that's
a great way to do it," said Viverette, police chief in Gaithersburg,
Md. "We want people to feel they can go about their normal course of
business, but we want them to be aware."

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